Abstract

GONSAGA, Ricardo Alessandro Teixeira et al. Characteristics of care provided by the Emergency Mobile Care Service in the municipality of Catanduva, São Paulo state, Brazil, 2006-2012. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2013, vol.22, n.2, pp.317-324. ISSN 1679-4974.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742013000200013.

OBJECTIVE: to describe the profile of care provided by the Mobile Emergency Care Service (SAMU) of the municipality of Catanduva, São Paulo state, Brazil. METHODS: a descriptive study of the Catanduva SAMU medical case urgency screening database of call-outs made between January 2006 and August 2012. RESULTS: 76,296 occurrences were studied. The predominant sex was male (49.9%) with average age of 46.9 years. Clinical disorders were the most frequent type of occurrence (50.7%) followed by surgery and external causes (26.8%). The Advanced Life Support Unit was used in 11% of cases. Most patients were admitted to tertiary hospitals (64.3%). CONCLUSION: The care provided by Catanduva SAMU has a high tendency of referring patients to tertiary hospitals. Medical case urgency screening therefore has shortcomings.

Keywords : Pre-hospital Care; Emergency Care; Descriptive Epidemiology; Emergency Medical Services.

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